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Shreedhar Manek
Shreedhar Manek

Reputation: 157

Python - Mechanize input text in form

I'd like to input some text in the text field of a form. This is my current code. What should I do next? 

import re
from mechanize import Browser

br = Browser()
br.open("xyz.com")
formcount=0
for frm in br.forms():  
if str(frm.attrs["id"])=="xyz":
break
formcount=formcount+1
br.select_form(nr=formcount)

## What should I code here to input text into the form?

response = br.submit()

Upvotes: 3

Views: 4543

Answers (2)

Thibault Bouveur
Thibault Bouveur

Reputation: 23

If the form is unnamed you can use:

br.select_form(nr=0)

That will select the first form ("the 0th one").

Upvotes: 0

ssm
ssm

Reputation: 5373

br.form['id'] = 'ss-form' # This does the input
br.submit() # This will submit the form
print br.response().read() # This will read the new page returned

try a print br.response().read(). It that is what you want, you can parse the response with Beautiful Soup. soup = BeautifulSoup(br.response().read())

Upvotes: 2

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